5) How did 21 people cause a shock in May (although they were reduced to 18 in June)? They were elected as Golden Dawn MPs in the Greek elections

6) How many LTROs has the ECB conducted? Two (although strictly speaking it has actually conducted many more less significant ones before launching its two major operations in December 2011 and February 2012)

7) How many countries were downgraded by S&P one night in January? Nine

8) And how many eurozone countries hold a AAA rating with S&P, Fitch and Moody's? Four (Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg)

9) Which country currently has the lowest unemployment rate within the eurozone? Austria

10) And how many countries have a youth unemployment rate over 50%? Two (Greece and Spain)

Round 3: People

1) Who told the Guardian that Greeks should help "by all paying their taxes"? Christine Lagarde

2) And whose heart "bleeds" for Greece? Angela Merkel

3) Who pledged to do whatever it takes "within our mandate"? Mario Draghi

4) Who leads the Coalition of the Radical Left - Unitary Social Front? Alexis Tsipras

5) Who is kissing goodbye to the presidency (after plenty of hugging and kissing during it)? Jean-Claude Juncker

6) Who appeared to win victory at a summit in June, just after his country also managed a sporting triumph over the same 'opposition'? Mario Monti

7) What role did Poul Thomsen play in Athens this year? He was the IMF's lead negotiator

8) Which British businessman sponsored a £250,000 prize for the best way for a country to leave the euro? Simon Wolfson

9) Which bank did Lucas Papademos, Greece's former technocratic PM, once work for? You can score for Bank of Greece, the European Central Bank or Goldman Sachs (what a busy life!)

10) And what term is Citi's Willem H Buiter credited with dreaming up? Grexit

Round 4:

1) Where has former Greek PM George Papandreou been lecturing? Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts.

2) Which capital city did hundreds of striking miners march to this summer? Madrid

3) Mario Draghi delivered his "the euro is irreversible" speech in which city in July? London

4) In which city were thousands of police mobilised when the ECB governing council visited for its monthly meeting? Barcelona

6) Which was the first Spanish region to formally request a bailout? Valencia

7) Which country is taking the EU presidency from Cyprus? Republic of Ireland

8) And which non-eurozone country did Cyprus discuss taking a multibillion-euro loan from? Russia

9) Which EU member country said in September that it was freezing plans to join the euro, saying it saw "only costs"? Bulgaria

10) Where was newly inaugurated French president François Hollande flying to when he had a very nasty shock.....? Berlin

Readers' mini-round

1) On which Greek island in April 2010 did George Papandreou announce Greece's application for a bailout? Kastellorizo

2) I mentioned earlier that Cyprus held the EU presidency this year, but which country had the honour for the first half of 2012? Denmark

3) Who spoke Dutch, not the language they are associated with, to baffle a spy? Nick Clegg (details!)

4) What was the full name of the initiative which wasn't, as we briefly thought, known as the MOT? OutrightMonetaryTransactions

5) How much is Ireland paying in interest and repayment per year (the next payment on 31.03.2013) for its promissory notes to repay the cost of bailing out Anglo-Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society? €3.1bn

Readers' mini-round

1) On which Greek island in April 2010 did George Papandreou announce Greece's application for a bailout? (thanksYannisKoutsomitis !)

2) I mentioned earlier that Cyprus held the EU presidency this year, but which country had the honour for the first half of 2012? (thanks Lorkan!)

3) Who spoke Dutch, not the language they are associated with, to baffle a spy (thanks ShiresofEngland !)

4) What was the full name of the initiative which wasn't, as we briefly thought, known as the MOT?

5) How much is Ireland paying in interest and repayment per year (the next payment on 31.03.2013) for its promissory notes to repay the cost of bailing out Anglo-Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society? (thanks ballymichael !)

Hats off to Chewtoy for writing an entire quiz round, dubbed the Revolving Door quiz:

1) Of which bank was the future Governor of the Bank of England managing director?

2) For which bank was the unelected PM of Italy an international adviser in the years directly between his current position and that of former European Commissioner for Competition (1999 - 2004)?

3) Of which bank was the current head of the European Central Bank (ECB) a vice-chairman for Europe (2002 - 2005)?

4) Of which bank was a German former board member of the ECB and Bundesbank an adviser. (Hint: he helped create the Euro.)

5) Which bank did the current head of Greece's debt management agency used to work for?

6) With which bank did the unelected PM of Greece (2011 - 2012) and former Vice President of the ECB (2002 - 2010) make dodgy swap deals to mask the extent of Greece's debt when he was head of the Central Bank of Greece (1994 - 2002), causing Greece's current sovereign debt crisis?

7) Which bank did the 2011 head of the IMF's European Department used to work for?

8) For which bank is the former European Commissioner for Competition (1985 - 1989) and former Attorney General of Ireland now a non-executive director?

9) For which bank is the European Commissioner for Competition (1993 - 1999) now an international adviser?

European stock markets are up (or flat) today, amid optimism that America is going to reach a deal over the fiscal cliff (rather than going over the fiscal cliff).

FTSE 100: up 20 points at 5933, +0.36%

German DAX: up 31 points at 7636, +0.4%

French CAC: up 1 point at 3639

Spanish IBEX: up 73 points at 8114, +0.9%

FTSE MIB: up 67 points at 10972, +0.45%

The minirally was sparked by President Obama presenting a new proposal to end the deadlock in Washington. As Wall Street correspondent Dominic Rushe wrote overnight:

Barack Obama has moved to head off the fiscal cliff budget crisis, tabling an offer to Republicans that involves raising taxes on those earning over $400,000, almost doubling his previous threshold of $250,000.

The outlines of a possible deal, after weeks of stalemate, took shape on a day of compromise in Washington as Obama met the Republican House Speaker, John Boehner, at the White House.

Cyprus: we can pay workers' wages

While we were quizzing, Cyprus was denying that it had run out of money to pay public sector salaries.

The country's finance ministry told reporters in Nicosia that the government had secured enough money to cover its immediate financial needs, and that workers salaries would be paid this month.

It was spurred into action after the permanent secretary of the finance ministry, Christos Patsalides, told parliament that there might be no money for Christmas salaries unless Cyprus's three biggest state-owned companies agreed to dip into their pension funds and lend it €250m.

According to AP, all three have indicated that they would do so, buying Cyprus some time while it negotiates an IMF-led bailout.